Louisville's Jared Swopshire to transfer to Northwestern for final season of eligibility

3:40 PM,
Apr. 12, 2012

Written by

C.L. Brown
| The Courier-Journal

Jared Swopshire, a 6-foot-8 forward, will graduate from the University of Louisville in May and play his final season of basketball at Northwestern, his father said Thursday.

Teddy Swopshire said Northwestern was the only college his son visited after he and a cousin researched which would be best from a basketball and academic perspective.

"We had been looking over different schools for a while — the rosters, style of play, who they had coming back — just to see what would be the best fit for him," Teddy Swopshire said. "We did a lot of homework." ...